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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · 11h

Niche and appreciated

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · 14d

Just wildly wonderful playoff baseball. Excruciating in the best way.

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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · Sep 16

Awful Announcing’s 2025 MLB local radio booth rankings

How are the local radio booths stacking up during this 2025 MLB season? We asked Awful Announcing readers to evaluate the local English-language radio broadcasts of each of the 30 teams. The results were these announcer rankings, based on more than 6,400 individual votes. As with our local WNBA announcer rankings, local MLB announcer rankings, Read more... The post Awful Announcing’s 2025 MLB local radio booth rankings appeared first on Awful Announcing.

dlvr.it

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Sep 4

First newsletter in quite some time! substack.com/@jesseagler/...

And Down the Stretch We Go...

24 days remain...and that's kind of a lot

substack.com

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Aug 3

I still reference paying with “the code” with some regularity.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jun 15

Happy birthday to all the dads out there!

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jun 3

Zero singing ability. Less than zero.

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · Apr 18

Also in this week's Weird & Wild:

*Tom Hamilton on the crazy deflected K
* @jesseagler.bsky.social on predicting Manny's HR
*A pitcher who issued a BB AFTER getting ejected
*6 SB...on zero hits
*Zombies foil the Padres
*Cam vs Bo
*Bryce's unique HR
And lots more!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

Weird & Wild: The 3-run walk, a bizarre strikeout and the baseball gods bless Manny Machado

Some of the strangest things you'll see on a baseball field happened this week. Here's how it all looked through the broadcasters' eyes.

www.nytimes.com

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Mar 29

The best.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Feb 19

26 Padre games this Spring will be played with the ABS challenge system.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Feb 13

Love a good Preller Alarm

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Feb 2

FanFest is great for a million reasons, but spending an hour watching Jackson Merrill interact with and sign autographs for kids is about as good as it gets.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 31

Newsletter! Roster thoughts, a new game of Padres Connections, RoboUmp update, rule changes and more! open.substack.com/pub/jesseagl...

FanFest Eve!

Big day tomorrow; a catcher returns; more Connections; Spring Training RoboUmps; new rules and more!

open.substack.com

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 27

Nope. Most of the seven don’t. Just hit, bb, hbp.

jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 27

I’ve half-joked for years that yellow shoes and gloves should be illegal in football. Can be very easy to see a quick moving hand or foot and think it’s a flag, especially from some of the lesser broadcast vantage points 🤷‍♂️

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 24

With the new shift violation penalty, we get to update the old trivia question about the seven ways for a batter to reach base, right?? Eight is the new seven.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 24

Preview of the Connections:

A Padres version of the Connections game.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 24

Please pass along to your friends/family who may enjoy. Is and will always be free to subscribe. Not gonna bother posting it on Twitter 🤷‍♂️

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 24

As promised! Some more thoughts on Profar; radio notes, Ueck, and the first edition of Padres Connections! open.substack.com/pub/jesseagl...

Counting Down!

Can almost see Peoria from here; Profar to The A; a game of Padres Connections, and more...

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 24

New newsletter tomorrow, btw. More on Profar and what feels particularly relevant to this audience, I created a Padres “Connections” game.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 24

The 2024 Pads had an almost laughable number of incredible moments and Jurickson Profar was in the middle of nearly all of them. Should get quite an ovation on Opening Day at Petco.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 21

Wow!

Daniel Brown @brownieathletic.bsky.social · Jan 21

Cool trivia from the @baseballhall.org: Ichiro becomes the 3rd Hall of Famer to have played in both MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball. The others? Larry Doby with the Chunichi Dragons in 1962 and Goose Gossage for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in 1990.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 21

I try and generally avoid HoF arguments and discourse but this class is so cool in so many ways and as a fan, what three totally different and totally awesome representations of the game. Congrats to all.

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 16

Not only a legendary broadcaster and entertainer and one of the funniest people ever, but hard to argue that he doesn’t have the best play-by-play “coaching tree” in MLB history. Will miss seeing him in Milwaukee but what a crew they have to follow in his footsteps.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jan 16

Bob Uecker, an MLB catcher who turned his tales of inferiority into a second career as a popular sportscaster, died on Thursday at 90. nyti.ms/4jnpX9N

Bob Uecker in a light jacket that says ABC Sports. Text reads: "1934-2025 Bob Uecker Sportscaster Dies at 90" Photo by Walt Disney Television, via Getty Images

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jesse agler @jesseagler.bsky.social · Jan 4

Hey man this was just absolutely exceptional. No outside force shaped my sense of humor and personality like Dave did (you and I are the same age) and you basically asked everything I’ve always wished I had the chance to ask him. Thanks for your wonderful work.

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